Never forget that the ultimate goal of the insurrection was to force pence to declare trump the president and if he would not do that, kill him.
Trump and his psycho supporters actually believed that trump had the power to do that. Just listen to trumps speech before the insurrection.
“Because if Mike Pence does the right thing, we win the election. All he has to do, all this is, this is from the number one, or certainly one of the top, Constitutional lawyers in our country. He has the absolute right to do it. We’re supposed to protect our country, support our country, support our Constitution, and protect our constitution.”
This was not some random act. It was a planned assault to steal the election and trump knew what was about to happen.
Just watch the video of him and his coke head son in the tent after his speech. Cokehead junior and his ugly ass wife are partying it up. Meanwhile, trump is staring very intently at the television. He knows what’s about to happen.